Your lab is your castle: Tips on protecting and getting value from innovations in the Life Sciences sector

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Description: Mr Julian Hitchcock, Counsel at law firm Lawford Davies Denoon

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) talked to Julian Hitchcock, Counsel at law firm Lawford Davies Denoon (www.lawforddaviesdenoon.com), about intellectual property rights issues for those looking to extract the maximum value from innovations in the complex Life Sciences sector. He emphasises the importance of doing due diligence to fully understand the patent landscape and the regulatory route to market before talking to potential investors. There are some recommended sites for patent searches which are provided in the links below. In particular, Julian advises inventors that the core assets of a Life Sciences company are the intellectual property. The idea of treating your lab as a castle and keeping your inventions and the means of exploiting markets and commercial value under lock and key is highly important.

Recommended sites for patent searching:
• Espacenet - http://worldwide.espacenet.com/
• Espacenet assistant (learn how to search) -
http://www.european-patent-office.org/wbt/espacenet/assistant.php

Other useful sites:
• www.ipo.gov.uk
• www.bl.uk/collections/patents
 
Created: 2012-07-10 17:40
Collection: Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning - Entrepreneurs & Experts Podcast Series
Publisher: Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
Copyright: Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
Language: eng (English)
Credits:
Producer:  Boni Sones OBE/ Katharine Price
Photographer:  Nigel Luckhurst
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